Museum hosts events to observe Double Ninth Festival
This year, Chongyang Festival fell on Oct 4 during the National Day Holiday. China Traditional Cultural Museum mounted a series of public programs to enrich people's holiday and enhance the atmosphere of Chongyang Festival.
Seasoned artists of traditional handicrafts were at the site to demonstrate skills and crafts that relate to the lives of old people in the past. For example, Jin Tieling, an inheritor of Beijing silk flower making, showed how to create a chrysanthemum with silk. He Kaiying from the time-honored brand Neiliansheng, demonstrated the process of making cloth shoes in the old style which remains a favorite for walking among the elderly, and Zhang Quanling, a prestigious practitioner of tai chi fist, gave a lecture on how the soft moves benefit seniors' well-being.
The museum hoped the programs not only brightened up the life of old people but also pass on the filial beliefs to the younger generations.
